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Bachmann 39-059APF

BR Mk1 TSO Tourist Second Open WCRC Maroon

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Prototype Era
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation

Manufacturer description

The British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BR’s first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built from 1951 until the early 1960s to augment and replace the array of ‘Big Four’ and earlier ‘pre-grouping’ designs inherited from the LMS, LNER, GWR and SR, BR took the best features from several of these types to produce the new steel-bodied design. As a result, the Mk1 was stronger and safer than any of the inherited types that came before it.

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Prototype information

Bachmann BR Mk1 TSO Tourist Second Open (WCRC) – Maroon, 4960. The model is finished in pristine condition and painted in a maroon livery. It measures 270 mm in length, uses an NEM coupling and includes passenger figures. The coach is a British Railways Mark 1, classified as a Tourist Standard Open (TSO), and carries the running number 4960.

It is marketed as a West Coast Railways (WCRC) unit and carries the manufacturer part number 39‑059APF. The model represents the period of the initial privatisation of British Rail, which began in the mid‑1990s.

The British Railways Mk1 was BR’s first standard design of main‑line coaching stock, produced from 1951 until the early 1960s. It replaced the pre‑grouping and “Big Four” designs inherited from the LMS, LNER, GWR and SR, combining the best features of those types into a stronger, steel‑bodied carriage that was considered safer and more robust than its predecessors.